[oi-dev] Mate is here (as well as new test ISOs)

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 16/08/2016 17:10, Alexander Pyhalov wrote:
> Hello, people.
>
> I wanted to announce availability of Mate some time ago, but there were some
> issues, especially when I tried to build Mate Live CD. Good news is that now
> most irritating issues (or at least those which I found) are fixed.
> ...
> Two new image types: OI_MATE - this is Mate-based LiveDVD and OI_minimal (we
> tried to strip down OI a bit). One thing about minimal image - it doesn't
> deliver sudo, so initial user just gets root role. Note, these are test images
> and not official snapshots.
>
> We would be glad for you to test them.
>
> We'd like to hear your opinion, which images are necessary for next snapshot
> (supposedly, 2016.10). We think that minimal one, Mate and Gnome one are enough.
> We are going to avoid delivering Gnome ISO image after next snapshot (in 2017).
>
> Also we are interested to hear if community needs VM images, and if it needs,
> then what exactly (qcow2, vmdk or something else).

Good work ! But under qemu-kvm, the MATE iso fails by starting Caja
in an endless loop (visible in the lower panel), so the desktop remains
mostly black, and Mate does not stop starting...
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